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The owners of The Ruse, the luxury bed and breakfast formerly known as Honor Mansion, have withdrawn their appeal to the city council of the city’s denial of their proposed use for the three-acre property. The hearing had been anticipated to take place at...

There’s only one block between the popular corner restaurants on Center and North to the residential district that begins at East Street. But soon pedestrians will realize that the transition block is part of the Downtown Commercial zone after all. A new wine bar and...

Piazza Hospitality, already the operators of three premiere hotels in downtown Healdsburg, made their case to build another to the city's Planning Commission Tuesday night.  Although their presentation was well-received and their previous works—at Hotel Healdsburg, H2H and Harmon Guest House—held up as positive examples...

By Christian Kallen It only took about half an hour for the Healdsburg City Council to make up their collective mind in choosing two out of eight applicants for cannabis business licenses in town. And, after a full year of process, eight months of application...

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As Piazza Hospitality’s H4 project at 400 Healdsburg Ave. nears its next Planning Commission hearing sometime in August, questions have surfaced about the validity of their application to build the residential hotel they envision—16 rooms, 37 beds, mini-kitchens in most rooms and an on-site...

It wasn’t that long ago that the City of Healdsburg welcomed a bike-sharing service to town called Zagster, in conjunction with the then-new Hotel Trio. Spiffy new bicycles could be checked out via a cell phone app, pedaled about town and returned to the...

El Farolito, the popular Mexican restaurant at 128 Plaza St., underwent an overnight name change recently to Gallina D’Oro, or the Hen of Gold. The new name partners well with El Gallo Negro, owner Pedro Diaz’s increasingly popular restaurant in Windsor. Hours, menu and...

and riding destination, will be the latest to join the county’s Regional Parks system, 58 properties strong and counting.

A small local housing project, Healdsburg Riverhouse, stole the show at this year’s prestigious PCBC trade show (the Pacific Coast Builders Conference) at Moscone Center in San Francisco. The theme was “The Future of Home,” and on awards night on June 22, the Riverhouse...